Ecuador News News Ecuador » Security: US/Ecuador: Abuses Proliferate as Security Cooperation Deepens
The United States and Ecuador are deepening their security cooperation against a backdrop of serious human rights violations by Ecuadorian forces, unexplained drone attacks on fishing boats, and the ...
News Ecuador » Security: Ecuador's security crisis warrants US assistance
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. While Lasso should be commended for his ambitious vision, it is unlikely that U.S.-Ecuador security cooperation will approach the ...
News Ecuador » Security: Over 90 prison guards are being held hostage by inmates across five different prisons in Ecuador
Ecuador’s government has declared a state of emergency in two provinces after its security crisis escalated over the weekend with the killing of a mayor and uprisings in several penitentiaries across ...
News Ecuador » Security: Blackwater founder Erik Prince joins security operation in Ecuador
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Blackwater Founder Erik Prince walks with police members during 'Apolo 13' Anti-Crime Operation on April 5, 2025, in Guayaquil, ...
News Ecuador » Security: Can Ecuador’s New President End The Security Crisis And Rebuild The Economy?
Ecuador's economy heavily relies on petroleum, leaving it vulnerable to oil price fluctuations and declining production, impacting government revenue and economic growth. A surge in violence and ...
News Ecuador » Security: From Rhetoric to Reality on Ecuador’s Security Challenge
Daniel Noboa won Ecuador's presidential election on Sunday. Ecuador’s president-elect has presented an ambitious set of security plans to tackle the country’s growing organized crime problem, but ...
News Ecuador » Security: Ecuador: raid on Mexican embassy draws international criticism – but President Noboa hopes voters approve
Ecuador’s security forces recently conducted a raid on the Mexican embassy in the country’s capital city, Quito. The arrest and subsequent detention of fugitive former vice-president Jorge Glas has ...
News Ecuador » Security: Tackling Ecuador's Security Crisis Will Take More Than the Military
When Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa won snap elections for a shortened term in late 2023, he benefited from portraying himself as the "tough on crime" candidate. Another presidential hopeful, ...
News Ecuador » Security: Ecuador's President Noboa looks set to win vote on new security measures
QUITO — Ecuador’s President Daniel Noboa looks set to win a referendum on Sunday that asks voters to support new security measures to fight rising violence, although recent power cuts could pose a ...
News Ecuador » Security: Ecuadorians Back President’s Security Agenda But Challenges Await
Ecuadorians delivered an overwhelming show of support for President Daniel Noboa’s hardline security policies in a referendum held as the government’s popular “war on gangs” enters a challenging new ...
News Ecuador » Security: Ecuador’s security crisis warrants US assistance
Ecuador is experiencing a rapid rise in homicide rates. A failure to stem, and eventually reverse, insecurity could undermine the popularity of Ecuador’s new government, which is staunchly pro-U.S.